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Table 4 Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes

From: Maternal and perinatal characteristics and outcomes of pregnancies complicated with COVID-19 in Kuwait

Outcomes

Number (%) of patients

Pregnancy outcomes:

 Continued pregnancy

16 (8.6%)

 Miscarriage

3 (1.6%)

 Intrauterine fetal death (IUFD)

1 (0.54%)

 Delivered live birth (including two twin birth)

165 (89%)

Gestational age at delivery, weeks

 Median (interquartile range)

38 (36–39)

 27–32+ 6 weeks

2 (1.2%)

 33–36+ 6 weeks

42 (25.5%)

  ≥ 37 weeks

121 (73.3%)

Mode of delivery

 C-section

79 (47.8%)

 Elective (repeat/maternal request)

35 (44.3%)

 Emergency

10 (12.6%)

 Maternal Hypoxia

1 (1.2%)

 Preeclampsia

11 (13.9%)

 Failed induction/ failure to progress

13 (16.4%)

 Fetal distress

9 (11.4%)

Type of anesthesia during C-section

• General

9 (11.4%)

• Spinal

70 (88.6%)

 Vaginal delivery

86 (52.1%)

 Instrumental delivery

0

 Prolonged rupture of membrane (PROM> 18 h)

6 (3.6%)

 Birth weight (grams), median (IQR)

3006 (2750–3215)

 Head circumference (cm), median (IQR)

33 (32–34.5)

 1-min Apgar score, mean ± (SD)

8 (1)

 5-min Apgar score, mean ± (SD)

9 (1)

 Neonatal death

0

 Neonates tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection

 

 Positive for COVID-19

 

 None

165 (98.8%)

 Day 5 swab positive test

2 (1.2%)

 Day 14 swab positive

1 (0.6%)